Crock Pot.. Pot Roast (Take 2) with Gravy

In my effort to continue to perfect my recipes and determine what is "my" recipe for certain things, I have tried another pot roast recipe. The first recipe I tried (see previous post was basically the meat itself with seasonings. In this recipe, condensed soup is used for flavoring and it makes more of a gravy. Both recipes turned out fantastically delicious and I would recommend both. If I had to make it again, I am not sure which I would choose. Neither is far superior to the other. I think the first pot roast would be less calories since it only has seasonings and not the gravy along with it. This would be good for just a meat and vegetable dinner, however if I was making a pot roast with mash potatoes I probably would choose this recipe. The orginal recipe can be found here on Allrecipes.com.
I have learned that the different cuts of meat come out differently (more tender and less dry) than others, so the cut of meat is important!

Ingredients:
2 cans condensed mushroom soup (I used one can cream of mushroom and one can golden mushroom)
1 (1 ounce) package dry onion soup mix
1 1/4 cups beef broth
5 1/2 pounds pot roast

Directions:

1. In slow cooker, mix cream of mushroom soup, dry onion soup mix and broth.

2. Place pot roast in slow cooker and coat with soup mixture.
Cook on low setting for 8-9 hours.

Enjoy!

Crock Pot.. Roast

I've have never in my life made a pot roast, so this one is definitely new to me and there are a LOT of recipes out there. Unfortunately I didn't have the ingredients in my cupboard for the recipe I wanted to try so I found another that seemed to work with what I already had here in my cupboard. I choose to make the "To Die For" Pot Roast from Food.com. I wanted something with basic ingredients and this seemed to fit.
I only made minor changes to the original recipe.

Ingredients:

1 (4 -5 lb) beef roast
1 (1 1/4 ounce) package brown gravy mix, dry
1 (1 1/4 ounce) package dried Italian salad dressing mix (I didn't have this so I substituted italian seasoning and beef broth instead of the 1/2 cup water to make up for the salt)
1 (1 1/4 ounce) package ranch dressing mix, dry
1/2 cup beef broth or water
garlic
liquid smoke

Directions:


1. Place beef roast in crock pot. Add garlic and liquid smoke

2. Mix the dried mixes together in a bowl and sprinkle over the roast.

3. Pour the water/broth around the roast.

4. Cook on low for 7-9 hours.

After cooking....

This turned out delicious and fell apart with a fork.
I put some in smaller containers and froze for later, which after defrosting was just as good!